Draft-rigging for railway-tenders or other cars.



PATENTED 00 9; 1906.

J. R. MITCHELL.

RAILWAY TENDERS OR DRAFT RIGGiNG FOR OTHER CARS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1905.

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PATENTED 0011 9, 1 906.

RAILWAY TENDERS OR OTHER CARS.

DRAFT RI GGING FOR APPLIOATIOR FILED MA\Y22, 1905.

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JOHN R. MITCHELL, OF CHICAGQ-ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO W. MINER,- ooin imr,vOF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF'ILLINOIS.

DIYRAFT-RIIGGING FOR RAILWAY-TENDERS OH'OTHER CARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

To aLZ whom it may concern.

Be .it known thatI, JOHN R. MITcHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing in Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illiprovement inDraft-Rigging for Railwayienders or other Cars, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railway draft-rigging. v I

The object of my invention is to'provide'a convertible draft-rigging,one in which the side castings may be used with cushioning or resistingdevices of diiferent kinds or types, as occasion may require-such, forexample, as tandem springs, on the one hand, or single springs andfriction devices, on the other hand.

' My invention consists inth'e means I employ to practically accom lishthis object or result as herein shown or dhscribed.

. In theacco'mpanying drawings, formin a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a piim in horizontal section, of a draftrigging em odying myinvention. Fig. 2 isa vertical section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa vertical cross-section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

- Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the insert or converslon piece of oneof the side castings,

and Fig. 5 is a section on line 5 5 ofFig. 4.

In the drawings, A A represent the center sills of a tender or otherrailway-car; A, the

' front or end sill; A, the buffer-plate, and A the carry-iron.

B is the coupler; B, the draw-bar; B, the draw-bar strap or yoke.

C C C C are the followers, and D D and E E tandem-arranged twin,springs. Each of the springs preferably has a sma ler spring nestingwithin it.

F F are the side castings or sto -plates, secured to the draft timbersor s1 ls A A by horizontal and upright bolts f f Each of the sidecastings F has a front shoulder or stopf and a rear shoulder or stopf.for the front and rear followers to abut against, and forming a chamberor recess between them to receive a removable insert or conversion pieceG', having a stop for the two intermediate followers C and C to abutagainst.

1 Each of the insert or conversion pieces G has ahorizontally-projecting lower flange g, I

adaptedto fit under the horizontally-projecting lower flange f of theside casting F,

, which itself fits under the center sill or draftnois, have invented anew and useful Imront stop f 2 and at its rear end against the rear stopf of the side plate or stop-casting F andis also additionally secured inplace by bolts 9 which extend through the sillA and side casting F. Therecess, space, or chamber between the front and rear stops f 2 and f ofthe side casting F is adapted to receive -any other suitable type ofcushioning or resisting device than the twin tandem springs illustratedin the drawings when the removable insert or conversion pieces G areremoved. Y

As illustrated in the drawings, the side castings F F are of atypeadapted to receive, when the insert or conversion pieces G Gare removed,one well-known form of draft a pliances or cushioning devices and may ereadily and quickly converted into form for use'with the particular typeof draft appliance or'cushioning devices illustrated in the drawings bysimply puttin in place the insert or conversion pieces G as shown in thedrawings.

As illustrated in the drawings, the side castings F F- are shown as castintegrally with each other or in one piece, this integral constructionbeing sometimes used in some kinds of draftrigging-.

1. In a draft-rigging, the combination with side castings having eachfront and rear stops or shoulders with a recess between them and rovidedwith upper integral guides and ower removable guides for the followers,of removable insert or conversion pieces each fitting in the recess ofits side casting and abutting atits eiids against the stops or shouldersthereof, andprovided with a stop or shoulder to serve as an intermediatestop for a tandem or converted draft-rigging, subfront and rear stopsand provided each with stantially as specified. I a stop or shoulder,substantially as specified.

2. In a draft-riggim the combination with Y J convertible side castingshaving integral Join MIICHELL' 5 front and rear stops and integral upperWitnesses:

guides for the followers, of removable insert GERTRUDE E. BOLGIANO,

or conversion pieces abutting against said H. M. MUNDAY.

